Project Controls Manager - Primoris Energy Services

Primoris Usa•Dallas, TX

22h•Onsite

About The Position

Primoris Energy Services is seeking a dynamic Project Controls Manager to lead construction and engineering projects in the Dallas, Texas region. This role involves project planning, cost estimation, budget management, and quality assessment. The Project Controls Manager will support Project Managers with cost controls, schedule controls, and risk management, ensuring compliance with all applicable governance, rules, and regulations. They will oversee the successful delivery of project controls services for a portfolio of projects from initial scoping through to final closeout, including involvement in engineering, budgeting, scheduling, forecasting, reporting, risk management, and invoicing. The role also includes managing a team of project controls engineers/specialists and estimators.

Requirements

15+ years of experience as a Project Controls Manager.
Previous site construction experience leading direct hire projects is required.
Bachelors Degree in Construction, Engineering, Business or Equivalent.
Previous direct management experience.
Advanced knowledge of project controls principles along with strong technical and analytical skills.
Proficiency in use of MS Office products.
Ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines.
Skill in developing policy and procedure documentation.
Working knowledge of construction and engineering services.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variable situations with limited standardization.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to effectively lead work teams, as assigned.

Nice To Haves

Power project experience is a plus.
T&M a plus.
EcoSys preferred not required.
MS Office, Power BI, Access, Viewpoint.

Responsibilities

Support Project Managers with cost controls, schedule controls, and risks management.
Ensure all projects are in compliance with applicable governance, rules, and regulations.
Oversee the successful delivery of project controls services for a portfolio of projects, from receipt of initial scoping definition through to handover to Operations and final project closeout.
Direct, oversee, and support project controls activities for the portfolio of projects, including involvement in engineering, budgeting, scheduling, forecasting, reporting, risk managing, and invoicing.
Support project managers and direct the activities of the project controls team.
Manage a team of project controls engineers/specialists and estimators.
Ensure projects are developed and executed in compliance with all applicable rules and regulations for the duration of the project lifecycle.
Provide overall project cost, schedule, estimating, progress measurement, and change management leadership and expertise.
Employ Earned Value Management (EVM) methodologies and tools to provide continuous tracking and accurate forecasts of project performance (e.g. Budget at Completion (BAC), Cost Performance Index (CPI), Schedule Performance Index (SPI), Estimate at Completion (EAC), and Estimate to Complete (ETC)).
Ensure that PMs have identified activities impacting the schedule's critical path and facilitate the development and implementation of rectification measures.
Provide project managers with corrective actions regarding cost and schedule variances and impacts on project delays and opportunities.
Ensure that changes to the project scope, budget, and schedule are evaluated and approved/rejected to keep the master project plan accurate, updated, and reflective of authorized project changes as defined in the change management plan and facilitate stakeholder acceptance.
Manage project reporting and resolution of issues, safety protocols, risks, and dependencies, proactively identifying potential planning gaps, mitigations to risks, actions to close issues, or complete open items.
Generate basis of cost and schedule, perform cost and schedule analysis and cost and schedule risk assessment (CSRA) for projects and provide cost and schedule confidence reports.
Review costs and schedules prepared by contractors to ensure appropriate level of detail and structure are applied for effective progress monitoring and project control.
Act as the single point of contact to liaison with the Finance department supporting capital appropriation requests and project financial closure.